Speaker:
Title:
Synthetic Hydrogels for Studying Morphogenesis in Engineered Multicellular Systems
Abstract:
Significant progress has been made in the development of microphysiological model systems designed to mimic human tissue; however, many of these models still do not sufficiently recapitulate the structure and function of the in vivo environment. In this work, I employ synthetic, engineerable hydrogels to examine the fundamental interactions governing tissue morphogenesis in vitro, with the long-term goal of advancing our ability to design physiologically relevant model systems.